Dress-shield.



PATENTED JAN: 17, 1905.

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INZBIIRG- A TTO NE Y3 UNITED STATES Patented January 1'7, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

VICTOR GUINZBURG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO I. B.

KLEINERT RUBBER COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

DRESS-SHIELD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 780,421, dated January 17 1905.

Application filed October 6, 1904- Serial No. 227,348-

To all whom it may concc'rn:

Be it known that I, VICTOR GUINZBURG, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough ofManhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dress Shields, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in dress-shields, and particularly to those which are worn either separately or together as an independent article-of attire which is not permanently secured to the dress or other garment 'and may be put onor removed independently of any other article. I

It comprises improved means for holding the shield in position and for adjusting it to different figures, as well as other improvements in the construction and combination of parts, which will appear in the specification and claims.

Figures 1 and 2 represent different forms of my device asapplied to the figure of a wearer. Figs. 3 and 4 represent in perspective the devices of Figs. 1 and 2, respectively.

Fig. 5 on an enlarged scale, shows a detail common to both forms of the device.

Referring to Figs. 1, 3, and 5, 1 designates a dress shield composed of body-flap 11 and arm-flap 12, united at their upper concave edges in. the usual manner. The flap 12' is provided adjacent the upper ends of its convex edge with triangular tabs or ears 13. Attaohed to the apex 14 of each car 13 is one end of a preferably elastic tape or'cord 15, which passes through a slot 21 in alug 22 on an" attaching device or pin 2, the other end of the tape 15 being carried down and passed through an eyelet 16 at the extreme upper corner ofthe united flaps 11 and 12. Thefree end of the tape or cord 15 may be provided with any convenient means (shown as a clip 17) to prevent'its disengagement from the eyelet 16.

At the lower end of thebody-flap 11 may be provided a short loop of tape 18, to which is secured a safety-pin or similar attaching device 3.

, The operation of my devicewill be clearly understood from an inspection of Fig. 1 of the drawings. 'It will be seen that. by means .15 to the apex of the triangular tab 13.

arm of the wearer.

In the form of my device shown in Figs. 2

be attached to the corset-cover or other garment at the top of the shoulder of the wearerand that the device may be held snuglyunder the armpit, as required, by shortening the tape 15 and making a knot therein below'the eyelet 16, as shown in'Fig. 5. By making the cord 15 pass freely through the slot 21 of the 'attaching device 2 an equal strain is kept onvboth ends of the cord, so that the tab 13 is always retained in its position, as shown in Fig. 1, whereby the arm-flap 12 is properly concaved and securely retained against the and 4 of the drawings two shields 1 1 are'attached together by a brace 4, shown as in two pieces, each, connected to the rear convex edge of the body-flap 11 and joined together at their free ends by an adjustable lacing 41 or the like. Secured to the lower forward portion of the convex edge of each body-flap 11 is a second tab 5 of triangular form and having attached to its apex a tape or cord 51. As shown in Fig. 2, the ends of the cords may be secured together and, if desired, held in position by slipping them under a hook or other attachment on the corset or other garment. By securing the tabs 5 to the lower front edges of the flaps 11 the tapes 51 are positioned below the bust of the wearer, so as to cause no inconvenience. By engaging them, as shown, with a hook of the corset orother garment the downward draft on the forward edge of the flap 11, in connection with the rear brace 4, acts to hold the shield very closely in contact with the body of the wearer.

Having thus described my invention and without limiting myself to details nor enumerating equivalents, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A dress-shield comprising a body-flap and an arm-flap united at their upper concave edges. tabs secured to the convex side of said arm-flap adjacent its upper corners, tapes or cords each secured at one end to one of said tabs and at its other end adjacent the extremity of the line of juncture of said flaps, and means providing an aperture through which said tapes pass and by which they are approximately brought together intermediate of their ends.

2. A dress-shield comprising a body-flap and an arm-flap united at their upper concave edges. tabs secured to the convex side of said arm-flap adjacent its upper corners, tapes or cords each secured at one end to one of said tabs and at its other end adjacent the extremity of the line of juncture of said flaps, and garment-attaching means providing an aperture through which said tapes pass and by which they are approximately brought together intermediate of their ends.

3. A dressshield comprising a body-flap and an arm-flap united at their upper concave edges, tabs secured to the convex side of said arm-flap adjacent its upper corners, tapes or cords each secured at one end to one of said tabs and at its other end adjacent the extremity of the line of juncture of said flaps, means for adjusting the length of said tapes or cords, and means providing an aperture through which said tapes pass and by which they are approximately brought together intermediate of their ends.

4; A dress-shield comprising a body-flap and an arm-flap, a triangular tab secured at each convex side of said arm-flap adjacent its upper corners, an elastic cord secured at one end to the apex of said tab and having its other end passing through an eyelet adjacent the extremity of the line of juncture of said flaps, means for preventing the disengagement of said cord from said eyelet, and a garment-attaching pin provided with apertures through which said cords freely pass.

5. An article of apparel comprising two dress-shields, each consisting of a body-flap and an arm-flap united at their upper concave edges, a longitudinally-adjustable band connecting the body-flaps of said shields at their rear sides, tabs projecting forwardly and downwardly from the front side of said bodyflaps, and means for adjustably connecting said tabs.

' In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

VICTOR GU 1N ZBUR( i \Vitnesses:

JOHN STOCKER, EDWARD PnYsnR. 

